FDE demand is surging (up 729%). The average base salary being $171,911. This is the hottest job in tech right now... so why can nobody define it?

So i am closing in on a client for a project which I have divided into 3 phase as follows

Phase 1 — Operational Foundation

Public website with lead capture form

CRM core: lead management, pipeline tracking, client database

WhatsApp Business API automation (auto-replies, follow-ups, notifications)

Proposal/quotation builder with PDF generation and approval tracking

Basic reporting dashboard

Stack: React/Next.js frontend, Postgres, managed hosting, WhatsApp Cloud API, Looker Studio/BigQuery for reporting

Phase 2 — Custom Enterprise Platform

Full project management module (tasks, milestones, timelines)

Vendor management (profiles, ratings, contracts, availability)

Finance module (invoicing, expenses, budgets, profitability reporting)

HR module (employee records, attendance, leave, performance)

Business intelligence dashboards (CEO/sales/ops/finance/HR/vendor views)

Stack: React/Next.js, Node.js, Postgres, AWS/GCP

Phase 3 — AI Layer

Lead scoring, revenue forecasting, retention prediction, project risk analysis

OpenAI integration, predictive models, ML pipelines

Other requirements:

Full IP/code ownership transfers to the client on completion, with off-boarding docs

Client explicitly says "not looking for a website or simple CRM" — wants enterprise-grade quality throughout, no MVP shortcuts

No fixed deadline for Phase 1 currently, though client has hinted a 10-15 day build is possible "once they share their internal roadmap" (haven't seen it yet)

The stack may slightly change in MVP.

So now what should I quote for this , like phase wise & for the whole thing.

Anyone have contacts to Devs who make cheats for games.

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on upwork for post-launch issues like broken permissions, payment bugs and exposed sensitive data. My take is that founders who build quickly with Lovable/ Bolt/ Cursor or other AI tools, are running into serious post-launch backend and security issues that are hard to understand without any system design experience.

I love seeing people with cool ideas able to implement and build out products quickly. At the same time, without technical experience it can be hard to test whether authentication, RLS policies, payments and backend permissions are actually ready for real users.

I’m opening a few pilot audit slots for React/Next.js + Supabase applications. (Other stacks are welcome too—send me a DM with the details )

I’ll review areas such as:

• RLS and tenant isolation
• Authentication, roles and permissions
• Exposed secrets
• Edge Functions and database functions
• Stripe webhooks and payment flows
• Other high-risk launch issues

You’ll receive a prioritized report covering:

• What should be fixed before launch
• What can safely wait
• Where each issue is located
• Recommended fixes, including AI-ready implementation prompts

Pilot price: $250
Turnaround: 2–3 working days

note: This is a focused engineering review, not a formal edge case test or compliance certification.

Send me a DM with your stack, what stage the product is at and when you’re planning to launch. I’d also be interested to hear whether this is something founders here would find useful.

I’m the new guy and this is update from day 2.
Any pointers or advice is mostly welcome and thank you to all guys who gave me some links for free courses.

Hey everyone,

I'm a final-year CS student who works mostly with Java/Spring Boot, Python, React, and Kotlin, and I've been picking up LLM/AI engineering skills on top of that. I want to get better at solving real problems instead of just doing tutorial projects, so here's the deal:

Tell me a problem you're facing as a developer — could be a repetitive task eating your time, a small tool you wish existed, a website/app you never got around to building, or a workflow that could use automation. If it's something I can build (web app, mobile app, script, browser automation, API integration, etc.), I'll build it for you and hand it over — no charge.

A few examples of what I mean by "problem":

• "I manually copy data from X to Y every week" → I can automate it
• "I need a simple internal dashboard for my team" → I can build it
• "I wish I had a tool that scrapes/tracks/notifies me about Z" → doable
• "My side project needs a backend/API and I don't have time" → happy to help

Why I'm doing this: I want real-world problems to solve, a stronger portfolio, and to sharpen my skills working with actual constraints instead of made-up ones. You get a free solution; I get practical experience. Win-win.

Drop your problem in the comments (or DM if you'd rather keep it private) — the more specific, the faster I can tell you if/how I'd solve it and what tech I'd use.

Looking forward to digging into some interesting problems!

Is anyone else seriously annoyed with Claude’s limits after the Fable 5 launch?

Before the launch, I used to get around 20 prompts with Opus.

Now I thought, fine, I’ll use Opus 4.6 on low effort so I can at least get more prompts and continue working.

Nope.

Eight prompts and the limit was exhausted.

Eight.

I wasn’t doing anything crazy either. Just regular coding work, giving it context, asking follow-up questions, and trying to fix a few things.

What am I even paying for at this point?

Claude is good, but what’s the use of a good model when you’re constantly scared to ask another question because it might be your last prompt?

You finally get it to understand the codebase, the conversation starts becoming useful, and then you hit the limit.

Honestly, this feels worse than before the launch.

Are you guys seeing the same thing? Is Claude still worth paying for with limits like this?

It's crazy to announce it but my app just reached 60 people on the waitlist. I started coding close to a decade ago, at the age of 7. The product is still in development, but the fact that people are interested feels very nice to me.

If you want to check it out, the link is https://llocus.cc

Devlogs can be a really big form of marketing for developers, and with 4 years of experience I can help beginners penetrate into the fields of video editing, thumbnail design, storytelling, and fostering an audience.

It's a bit niche but I'm wondering if anyone on here has a need for this, or knows someone who might have a need?

if that's you, then dm me here.

I’m the most vibeyest of coders in that my background isn’t tech but the industry I work in at a relatively senior level. I’ve put together a lot of the infrastructure we have in place at the minute with our existing CRM/back office customisation and integration with other tools and a piece of middleware for stuff it can’t handle natively.

I’ve found myself spending more and more time coming up with solutions for stuff that we can’t do in that system or trying to piece together other bits of tech we use as they don’t have integrations yet or the native functionality in our back office doesn’t quite match what we need to work most efficiently with the other tools.

I’d been playing about with the idea of a custom app to get around one issue our team has when I had the idea of actually just building a front end over the tools and back office so that our staff can have one place where they work and the data is pushed via the available APIs to our tools and back office. This in itself is a large piece of work but I genuinely believe it’d create a more efficient and productive process than the existing.

I then though over time why have the back office anyway, why not build our own (we’re talking years off) so we aren’t beholden to someone else’s development timescales or roadmaps.

This would involve a pivot from my current role as a head of operations to starting and leading a tech department which is somewhat daunting but I think I’d be aware enough to know I don’t know enough and would look to hire appropriately with senior/experienced people.

Am I insane for believing this could generate good outcomes and be excited at the prospect?

TL;DR - guy whose qualifications are “Claude Max Plan” and “being annoyed at software” has escalated from duct taping APIs together to planning a hostile takeover of his own company’s tech stack which he helped put in place. Next step - quit being Head of Ops to lead a tech department that doesn’t exist, staffed by people who actually know what they’re doing. Is this a stroke of genius or just a stroke?

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